New website address for India Post ePost application
No.52-01/2006 BD&MD
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
Business Development & Marketing
Directorate 5th Floor, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi — 110001
Dated : 26.09.2018
Office Memorandum
Subject: Closing of domain name .nic.in for India Post ePost application and shifting to new URL i.e. http://www.epost-indiapost.gov.in
As per policy decision of NIC, all web sites using “.nic.in” are to be stopped. Accordingly, India Post ePost application URL “http://www.indiapost.nic.in” has been shifted to “http://www.epost-indiapost.gov.in”.
2. Both, old “http://www.indiapost.nic.in” and new “http://www.epost-indiapost.gov.in” URLs are working at present but old URL i.e. http://www.indiapost.nic.in will be stopped on 30th September-2018.
3. This may be brought to the notice of all concerned.
Minimum educational qualification for recruitment of staff from open market in Level-1 of the pay matrix of 7th CPC
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(NG)II/2018/RR-I/ 13
RBE No. 148/2018
New Delhi, Dated:25.09.2018
The General Manager (P),
All Indian Railways/PUs,
New Delhi.
Sub: Minimum educational qualification for recruitment of staff from open market in Level-1 of the pay matrix of 7th CPC.
Attention is invited to instructions issued vide Bbard’s letter under RBE No. 73/2017 dated 27.07.2017, laying down qualification for recruitment from open market to posts in Pay Band-1 of Rs. 5200-20200 having Grade Pay Rs. 1800/- (now Level-1 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th CPC), through all modes, against direct recruitment quota in Civil Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical and S84T Departments as 10th pass plus National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT or 10th pass plus ITI. This laid down educational qualification was, however relaxed vide Board’s letter under RBE No. 31/2018 dated 28.02.2018 for the ongoing recruitment process i.e. recruitment notification published under Centralized Employment Notice no. 02/2018 issued by Railway Recruitment Boards.
2. Keeping in view the large scale mechanization of maintenance, modernization and automation, it has been decided to reiterate that future recruitments in technical departments (i.e. Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and S&T Departments) will be made on the basis of the minimum educational qualifications of 10th pass plus National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT or 10th pass plus ITI in terms of instructions issued vide Board’s letter under RBE No. 73/2017 dated 27.07.2017.
Termination of the LARSGESS Scheme in view of directions of Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
R.B.E. NO. 150/2018
Dated: 26.09.2018
No. E(P&A)I-2015/RT-43
The General Managers
All Indian Railways
(Attn CPOs)
Sub: Termination of the LARSGESS Scheme in view of directions of Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana and the orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in SLP (C) No. 508/2018 dated 08.01.2018.
Ref: Board’s letter of even number dated 27.10.2017
The Honble Punjab and Haryana High Court in its judgement dated 27.04.16 in CWP No 7714 of 2016 had held that the Safety Related Retirement Scheme 2004 (later renamed as the Liberalised Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for Safety Staff (LARSGESS) 2010) “prima facie does not stand to the test of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India” it had directed ‘before making any appointment under the offending policy let its validity and sustainability be revisited keeping in view the principles of equal opportunity and elimination of monopoly in holding public employment.” Thereafter, in its judgement dated 14.07.17 (Review Petition RA-CW-330-2017 in CWP No. 7714 of 2016), the Hon’ble High Court reiterated its earlier direction and stated such a direction was necessitated keeping in view the mandate of the Constitution Bench in State of Karnataka Vs. time Devi, (2006) 4 SCC 1. “
1.1 In the Appeal against the judgement of the Hon’ble High Court of Punjab & Haryana, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, white disposing of the SLP (C) No. 508/2018 vide its order dt 8.01.18, declined to interfere with the directions of the High Court.
2. In compliance with the above directions, Ministry of Railways have revisited the scheme duly obtaining legal opinion and consulted Ministry of Law 8 Justice. Accordingly, it has been decided to terminate the LARSGESS Scheme w.e.f. 27.10.2017 i.e. the date from which It was put on hold. No further appointments should be made under the Scheme except in cases where employees have already retired under the LARSGESS Scheme before 27.10.17 (but not normally superannuated) and their wards could not be appointed due to the Scheme having been put on hold in terms of Board’s letter dated 27 10.17 though they had successfully completed the entire process and were found medically fit All such appointments should be made with the approval of the competent authority
Retirement benefits can’t be withheld pending enquiry
C.A. No.6770/2013 @ SLP (C) No. 1427 of 2009
REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6770 OF 2013
(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 1427 of 2009)
State of Jharkhand & Ors.
….. Appellant(s)
Vs.
Jitendra Kumar Srivastava & Anr.
…..Respondent(s)
WITH
C.A. No. 6771/2013
(arising out of SLP(C) No. 1428 of 2009)
JUDGMENT
A.K. Sikri, J
1.Leave granted.
2. Crisp and short question which arises for consideration in these cases is as to whether, in the absence of any provision in the Pension Rules, the State Government can withhold a part of pension and/or gratuity during the pendency of departmental/ criminal proceedings? The High Court has – answered this question, vide the impugned judgment, in the negative and hence directed the appellant to release the withheld dues to the respondent. Not happy with this outcome, the State of Jharkhand has preferred this appeal.
3. For the sake of convenience we will gather the facts from Civil Appeal arising out of SLP(Civil) No. 1427 of 2009. Only facts which need to be noted, giving rise to the aforesaid questions of law, are the following:
The respondent was working in the Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. He joined the said Department in the Government of Bihar on 2.11.1966. On 16.4.1996, two cases were registered against him under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code as well as Prevention of Corruption Act, alleging serious financial irregularities during the years 1990-1991, 1991-1992 when he was posted as Artificial Insemination Officer, Ranchi. On promulgation of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, State of Jharkhand (Appellant herein) came into existence and the Respondent became the employee of the appellant State. Prosecution, in respect of the aforesaid two criminal cases against the respondent is pending. On 30th January, 2002, the appellant also ordered initiation of disciplinary action against him. While these proceedings were still pending, on attaining the age of superannuation, the respondent retired from the post of Artificial Insemination Officer, Ranchi on 31.08.2002. The appellant sanctioned the release and payment of General Provident Fund on 25.5.2003. Thereafter, on 18.3.2004, the Appellant sanctioned 90 percent provisional pension to the respondent. Remaining 10 percent pension and salary of his suspension period (30.1.2002 to 30.8.2002) was withheld pending outcome of the criminal cases/ departmental inquiry against him. He was also not paid leave encashment and gratuity
1. KVS is providing a facility for ONLINE CORRECTION for the candidates using their login profile. (No change will be accepted through offline mode i.e. through fax/application or by email etc. No correction will be allowed or entertained after the closing of window period).
2. The window for making an online correction in the Application is open for a limited time period only with effect from 27.09.2018 to 01.10.2018. However, payment will be open till 03.10.2018 for those candidates who wish to affect the relevant change in their category.
3. There is no charge for editing in the online correction window.
4. Candidates can edit the following details before the deadline:
Name, Father’s Name, Mother’s Name, Date of Birth, Category, change of post, address, email, mobile No. Photographs/Signature etc. (Photographs and signatures of those candidates only are editable whose signatures and photographs were uploaded at wrong places) percentage/marks & name of Boards/Universities etc.
Medical Examination Result for Recruitment of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspectors in CISF Examination, 2017.
STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION
Recruitment of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspectors in
CISF Examination,2017 – Declaration of Medical Examination Result for short listing
candidates for Document Verification.
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1. The Staff Selection Commission conducted a Computer based Examination for recruitment of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspectors in CISF Examination, 2017(Paper-I) from 01.07.2017 to 07.07.2017. The result of Paper-I was declared by the Commission on 06.09.2017. Paper-II of the said Examination was held on 15.12.2017 for those candidates who qualified in PET/PST. The result of Paper-II was declared on 29.01.2018 for short listing candidates for Medical Examination.
2. Based on the DME/ RME data provided by the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPFs), the result of DME/ RME is as follow:-
(i) Male Candidates:
Medical Status
DME
RME`
Total
Fit
3427
699
4126
Unfit
1585
167
–
Rejected
2
–
–
Absent
693
71
–
Total
5707*
–
–
*Candidature of 01 candidate i.e. Shri Raj Kumar (Roll No. 2405000698) who was declared ‘Fit’ in the medical examination was later cancelled on account of being Not Qualified in PET.
(ii) Female Candidates:
Medical Status
DME
RME`
Total
Fit
692
141
833
Unfit
223
9
–
Absent
37
8
–
Total
952
–
–
3. As per the details given under Para-2 above, total 4959 candidates (4126 male and 833 female) were declared ‘Fit’ in RME/ DME. Category-wise breakup of these candidates is as follows:
(i) Male Candidates:
SC
ST
OBC
UR
Total
Ex-Servicemen
562
267
1856
1441
4126
300
(ii) Female Candidates:
SC
ST
OBC
UR
Total
78
49
412
294
833
Note-1: Candidates with category OBC (Category Code-6) and ‘OBC for Delhi only’ (Category Code-4), have been shown under OBC category in the tables mentioned at Para-3 above.
Note-2: Candidates have been categorised based upon their Categories mentioned at the time of filling of online Application Forms.
Note-3: Ex-Servicemen category candidates have been shown in their respective vertical category (i.e. SC, ST, OBC and UR) as well.
4. All the 4959 candidates (4126 Male and 833 Female) who have qualified in the Medical Examination will be called for the Document Verification by the respective Regional Offices. The Document Verification will commence from 7-10-2018 and detailed schedule of Document Verification will be uploaded on the websites of Regional Offices concerned.
5. The result is available on SSC’s website: http://ssc.nic.in.
NFIR : Need for revision of hourly rate of Incentive Bonus and Bonus Factor of Workshops/Production Units
No. I/1 1/Part I
Dated: 26/09/2018
The General Secretaries of
Affiliated Unions of NFIR
Dear Brother,
Sub: Need for revision of hourly rate of Incentive Bonus and Bonus Factor of Workshops/Production Units following implementation of 7th CPC — 3rd meeting of the Committee held on 26/09/2018.
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The demand of NFIR vide PNM Item No. 12/2017 was discussed in the Board PNM meeting held on 13th/14th November, 2017. The NFIR’ s Agenda provides detailed background of Incentive Bonus rates from time to time and the need for upward revision of the rates in the wake of implementation of 7th CPC Pay Matrices for Workshops and PU employees on Indian Railways.
3rd Meeting of Committee for recommendation of hourly rates of incentive bonus and bonus factors of Workshops/PUs has been held this day 26th September, 2018 at Rail Bhavan, New Delhi. GS/NFIR assisted by Shri Gobinath SSE/ICF, Perambur have participated in the meeting. During discussion, NFIR has reiterated its point of view demanding revision of rates in accordance with the formula adopted in 1999 and confirmed by the Railway Board to the Ministry of Finance on 19th July, 2005. NFIR also expressed its strong resentment over abnormal delay in finalizing revision of rates and equally upward revision of Incentive Allowance to SSEs to 30% of Pay as the SSEs are presently paid the amount very less in comparison with other lower pay level staff.
After lengthy discussion, the Official Side of Railway Board responded that a draft proposal will be provided to the Staff Side soon i.e. in a fortnight and thereafter another round of discussion may be held to finalize the rates duly taking into account the points brought out by NFIR.
The above is for information of affiliated Unions. A copy of the minutes of second meeting of the Committee held on 04th July, 2018 is also enclosed.
Yours fraternally
(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)
General Secretary
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No. 146/2018
New Delhi, Dated:20.09.2018
No. E(NG)II/2018/RR-I/13
The General Manager (P),
All Indian Railways/ PU s,
New Delhi.
Sub: Induction of Trackmen into other departments.
Para 179 (XV) of IREM Vol. I (Revised Edition-1989) provides for induction/transfer of Trackmen to Mechanical Engineering and Transportation (Power) Department, Traffic 86 Commercial Department and to the Works side of Engineering Department against 10% quota.
2. It is seen that the Railways have been experiencing difficulty in implementation of these instructions due to reliever(s) not being readily available in the Engineering Department. This has been considered by the Board. In order to ensure viable implementation of these instructions, it has been decided that henceforth 10% of the proposed intake for recruitment in Level-1 (erstwhile Group D’) of all those departments where there is provision of induction of Trackmen against 10% quota, will be clubbed to recruit equivalent number of Trackmen in addition to the intake of Trackmen decided for the Engineering Department.
3. Trackmen in Engineering Department should be laterally transferred to those departments whose 10%, vacancies have been clubbed and utilized for recruitment of Other departments will be allowed to induct fresh personnel for the residual 90% of vacancies and also to meet their requirement through fresh personnel to the extent of deficiency not met through lateral transfer.
4. Terms and conditions of transfer of Trackmen to the above departments against this 10% quota as contained in. Para 179 (XV) of IREM Vol. I (Revised Edition-1989) remain unaltered with the reduced age limit of 38 years (reduced vide Board’s letter No. E(NG)I-99/CFP/23(VOLII) dated 14.11.2013).
5. Applications for lateral transfer of Trackmen to other departments should be called for department wise and applicants shortlisted on basis of seniority based on the length of service. Separate applications should be submitted for each such The complete list of applicants should be displayed and also placed on the web page of the division. It is reiterated that for transfer to other departments, a Trackman/Gangman should be suitable in all respects including ‘possessing physical standards prescribed for recruitment to that Department/Workshop.
(M.M. Rai)
Joint Director Estt.(N)II
Railway Board
Uploading of E-scrolls in a regular and systematic manner
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE.
NEW DELHI-110066
CPAO/RBD & Comp/MwB/2018-19/N-2
Dated 13/09/2018
To
Heads of CPPCs of Authorized Banks
Sir/Madam,
Subject : Uploading of E-scrolls in a regular and systematic manner
Sir/Madam,
Pam 8.1.2 of Central Pension Processing Centre guidelines says that “The scrolls received from banks are compiled into monthly accounts in Central Pension Accounting Office by debiting the Composite “Pension” grant of Government of India for central civil pensions. This forms the basis of the preparation of the Union Finance Accounts and the Appropriation Accounts (Civil). In order to ensure budget monitoring, it is imperative that banks incur the authorized expenditure and report the same to CPAO in a regular and systematic manner”. Despite this provision, it has been observed from discrepancy report prepared by CPAO that Banks/CPPCs are not forwarding scrolls to CPAO in time. It is pertinent to mention that there are pending scrolls for a long period. A summary report in this regard is attached for ready reference.
Pendency of scrolls reflects as ‘Suspense Balance’ in CPAO‘s account. Continuous increase in `Suspense Balance’ due to non-compliance of CPPC guidelines has been viewed very seriously by 0/o CGA. Para 9.4.2 of CPPC guidelines clearly says that “Government (or the RBI) may impose penalties for delay or deficiency in delivery of services to the pensioners or non-compliance of orders regarding pension disbursement”.
In light of the above, banks are hereby instructed to upload the e-scrolls in accordance’with the CPPC guidelines. If the banks fail to do so, action may be initiated which includes penalties or debarment form Government Business (Pension) or both.
This issues with the approval of competent authority.
West Bengal Notification : Retirement of all categories of nursing personnel enhanced from 60 to 62 years
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Finance (Audit) Department
`NABANNA’
Mandirtala,
325, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee Road, Howrah-711102.
No.6178-F(P1)
Dated, Howrah, the 25th September, 2018
NOTIFICATION
It has been experienced for some time past that for providing proper health care to the people of the State through the Government Hospitals, Health Centres etc. there is acute shortfall of Nursing Personnel in the State and it is found hardly possible to remove such shortfall in near future through fresh recruitment as the existing Nursing Training Schools of the State having their existing infrastructure will not be able to provide required number of such personnel.
In order to overcome such situation to some extent and considering all aspects of the matter, the Governor is hereby pleased to direct that notwithstanding anything contained in rule 75 of the West Bengal Service Rules, Part-I and the West Bengal Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefit) Rules,1971, the age of retirement of all categories of nursing personnel as per the annexed Schedule who are holding regular appointment and are in service on the 1st September, 2018 shall be enhanced from 60 (sixty) years to 62 (sixty two) years, with immediate effect.
The Governor, in this regard, is also pleased to direct that all other rules/orders/notifications regulating terms and conditions of Service of such personnel including the rules regarding Death-cum-Retirement Benefits and the rules regulating voluntary retirement shall remain unaltered except to the above extent.
Necessary amendments in the West Bengal Service Rules, Part-I shall be made in due course.
By order of the Governor
Sd/- H.K.Dwivedi
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
